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simon was the featured speaker. he began with joking remark speculating conservative political consultant mary matalin who was onboard the ship simply on vacation vacation might've mischievously arrange to have her husband liberal james cargo along to save his ideological soul and then simon made a startling admission and here's what he said. you know last year candidate barack obama sat on the sidewalk in toledo ohio and told joe the plumber that he quote wanted to spread the wealth around. this summit to admit i went on tv on "fox news" and public engagement but i guess was rather mischievous speculation about whether barack obama obama really advocated socialism, a premise that i privately found far-fetched. at the time simon made these mischievous speculations, it was his job, was his job to oversee reporting of abuse on where the country's naval -- cable networks. is here on a luxury cruise an ocean away from the united states he was candidly nonchalantly admitting to conspicuously misrepresenting the ideology
simon was the featured speaker. he began with joking remark speculating conservative political consultant mary matalin who was onboard the ship simply on vacation vacation might've mischievously arrange to have her husband liberal james cargo along to save his ideological soul and then simon made a startling admission and here's what he said. you know last year candidate barack obama sat on the sidewalk in toledo ohio and told joe the plumber that he quote wanted to spread the wealth around....
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simon? >> i think, paula, first and foremost, it's going to be about jobs. this is the biggest loss of jobs, most sustained loss of jobs since the 1930s. it's an incredible shock on the back of the financial crisis, and people want to know when are the jobs going to come back. and if you're proposing a policy, for example, a particular approach to the budget, or if you're trying to abolish some part of dodd-frank, for example, is that really going to give us jobs back, or is that going to store up problems for just around the corner so the too big to fail banks, for example, may blow up again and damage the economy again. those are going to be the big issues. >> all right. so then wearing your republican strategist hat, the economy is recovering, but not, you know, it's not knocking anybody's socks off. is so is this a plus for the republicans, or is this a plus for the democrats? how do you think it's going to play out? >> first of all, i hope the economy's recovering. regardless of how it
simon? >> i think, paula, first and foremost, it's going to be about jobs. this is the biggest loss of jobs, most sustained loss of jobs since the 1930s. it's an incredible shock on the back of the financial crisis, and people want to know when are the jobs going to come back. and if you're proposing a policy, for example, a particular approach to the budget, or if you're trying to abolish some part of dodd-frank, for example, is that really going to give us jobs back, or is that going to...
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this is almost certain not simon did just that all. they don't want to know it. by saying they are wrong, no, it's a place of reverence for them. but if you want to know the historical story, it's your comments on. there are many sites like that of our religion. when people arrive in jerusalem just about all of them thought that all the big buildings they saw were built by king david or king solomon. and, in fact, all the big buildings you see are built by herod the great, the old one. in the way people say it's very old. 300 years the middle ages there were no walls into some. the walls were on type of woman to build by philip the magnificent. of course the walls around the temple mount itself are eroding an old and a very ancient. a great variety, a great friday. jerusalem itself is talk to always as the holy city, and so on and so forth. there have been times when although the great religions have almost forgotten jerusalem. they choose i would say least pick i would say ever since 70 a.d. when it was destroyed, the jews have always revered jerusalem, once to
this is almost certain not simon did just that all. they don't want to know it. by saying they are wrong, no, it's a place of reverence for them. but if you want to know the historical story, it's your comments on. there are many sites like that of our religion. when people arrive in jerusalem just about all of them thought that all the big buildings they saw were built by king david or king solomon. and, in fact, all the big buildings you see are built by herod the great, the old one. in the...
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and all through there, you know, mechanisms, and talking random house, simon and schuster, mainstream publishers, mostly in new york. everything really changed. various interest or very large. publishers were always speaking about that dreaded word, platform. what is our platform as an author? meaning, what is your ability to get on nbc, and as nbc, the cable channels. what are your opportunities to your own network to promote your work. now, the other, you know, simultaneous trend as we all know, was the device of -- demise of review media. how many republications, tabloid's standalone review sections. now there is one. so there are all these changes. really, this is what i call the second great revolution. and coming in the middle of the second great revolution was this thing called the e book revolution. so i think we're actually at the beginning of something new and different, which we are all grappling with the reader of trying to get our hands around, and we are all -- very few people have a handle on what is coming next. but at this moment, at this moment it is a very, very goo
and all through there, you know, mechanisms, and talking random house, simon and schuster, mainstream publishers, mostly in new york. everything really changed. various interest or very large. publishers were always speaking about that dreaded word, platform. what is our platform as an author? meaning, what is your ability to get on nbc, and as nbc, the cable channels. what are your opportunities to your own network to promote your work. now, the other, you know, simultaneous trend as we all...
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dear simon, what shall i do about this
dear simon, what shall i do about this
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his partners were the jewish clothing manufacturers harmon, henry and simon -- march monohenry and simon mac. well, no sooner were those words out of my mouth, than a few chairs began to shift uneasily in the room, and my mentor or, the pioneering american jewish historian jacob marcus buried his face in his hands. i knew i was in big trouble really. i'd said something terribly wrong. but i studied the archives, i didn't know what the problem was. so fearing for the security of my position, i hobbled to the end of the lecture and invited questions. an old man in the front row sitting just about where you are rose to his feet. my name is mac, he memorably began, and looking me straight in the eye he announced that was my great grandfather you were talking about! and, he continued after a long and rather dramatic pause, it's all true! [laughter] at that point the room relaxed, and dr. marcus looked up, and everybody smiled, and my academic career was saved. [laughter] ah, it took me about 30 years to get over that experience, but when general grant expelled the jews, i have returned to tho
his partners were the jewish clothing manufacturers harmon, henry and simon -- march monohenry and simon mac. well, no sooner were those words out of my mouth, than a few chairs began to shift uneasily in the room, and my mentor or, the pioneering american jewish historian jacob marcus buried his face in his hands. i knew i was in big trouble really. i'd said something terribly wrong. but i studied the archives, i didn't know what the problem was. so fearing for the security of my position, i...
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he has a dedicated imprint by simon and schuster. his philosophy has been moving toward trying to reach the same dedicated loyal following over and over again and build on that a little bit at a time rather than necessarily go for more outrage than fox had because he can do what glenn does best. what is interesting to see, he has shifted what he has done over the last few years and no doubt he will continue to adapt his persona over the next year or so. >> he has a new novel out cackling the un. his previous tackling the un. his previous novel, the over tin conspiracy by glen beck and two people. sometimes you see books by two people but usually not three people. committee writing. who wrote the book? i wrote the book. these guys -- i sort of supervised. it was a team effort. to call him and authors, he might dispute this but it is sort of part of his brand marketing. he has a newsletter, a cable show, his own little media empire. whether fox chased him out or not i am not clear but he is very cobb--popular in his books sell. he writ
he has a dedicated imprint by simon and schuster. his philosophy has been moving toward trying to reach the same dedicated loyal following over and over again and build on that a little bit at a time rather than necessarily go for more outrage than fox had because he can do what glenn does best. what is interesting to see, he has shifted what he has done over the last few years and no doubt he will continue to adapt his persona over the next year or so. >> he has a new novel out cackling...
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and i think that's a good thing. >> host: what are some of the upcoming books that simon simon& schuster has coming out in the fall? >> guest: ah, i love that question. [laughter] well, one of them is by called "paterno." joe pognaski is the most recent elected member of the sports writers' hall of fame, and he was with joe paterno writing the book before the scandal. he had access to the family. and he is a wonderful writer -- >> host: did this scandal take him by surprise as wellsome. >> guest: absolutely, yeah. and it's about paterno's life, about this man who was the winningest college football coach in history. and a man who valued excellence much more than success, about what happens when all of this erupted. and i would put it right up there with "when pride still mattered" by maraniss or richard kramer's book on joe dimaggio. it's a book about much more than sports. that's one. the only other one i will tell you about because i don't want to turn this into a commercial is a novel by herman woek. he just turned 97 years old, and when i was in great school, i actually wrote my mast
and i think that's a good thing. >> host: what are some of the upcoming books that simon simon& schuster has coming out in the fall? >> guest: ah, i love that question. [laughter] well, one of them is by called "paterno." joe pognaski is the most recent elected member of the sports writers' hall of fame, and he was with joe paterno writing the book before the scandal. he had access to the family. and he is a wonderful writer -- >> host: did this scandal take him...
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[laughter] and i think he sides more with simon. [laughter] actually, i do too in a number of ways that probably will surprise him and dennis and others. and the first thing on which i agree with you, simon, is that i also do not know what the next systemic crisis will be, and i am as frightened as you of it. so when i think about what the next systemic crisis might be, i think the best place to start is to think about what's caused the last ones. and i'm not going to fight over whether we've had panics in 1907 or 1933. we heard that from the first panel. i'll just go back over the last 20 years for the systemic crises, um, we've had most recently. the first one in 1994, scheherazade, you mentioned mexico. and that was a solvency crisis because we feared that a country would go bust, ie its credit was no good, and that would ripple with dangerous effect through the banking system. that got handled aside from now how, and we puttered on until 1998 when russia and indonesia posed solvency risk in the financial system, and we managed t
[laughter] and i think he sides more with simon. [laughter] actually, i do too in a number of ways that probably will surprise him and dennis and others. and the first thing on which i agree with you, simon, is that i also do not know what the next systemic crisis will be, and i am as frightened as you of it. so when i think about what the next systemic crisis might be, i think the best place to start is to think about what's caused the last ones. and i'm not going to fight over whether we've...
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[applause] >> simon? welcome back, by the way. >> thank you. i'm simon johnson. thank you for inviting me and organizing another great conference. what can cause the next financial crisis? i have three things to say. first of all, i don't know. [laughter] and you don't know, and nobody knows. i worked on financial crisis for twenty five years, i was 2007 through over 2008 the chief economist of the international monetary fund, just down the street. i attended a lot of very interesting meetings during that time period with top officials and private sector people. poem who know as much as can be known about the world's economy and the world's financial system, they collectively and individually had no idea what was happening and what was going to happen in september 2008. the second thing i would say is look around the world. the european situation you heard of a nice summary just now, i'm much less saying about the political risk and the economic risk. i think ultimately italy will have to restructure the sovereign debt as 2 trillion euro in the outstanding debt.
[applause] >> simon? welcome back, by the way. >> thank you. i'm simon johnson. thank you for inviting me and organizing another great conference. what can cause the next financial crisis? i have three things to say. first of all, i don't know. [laughter] and you don't know, and nobody knows. i worked on financial crisis for twenty five years, i was 2007 through over 2008 the chief economist of the international monetary fund, just down the street. i attended a lot of very...
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agency some of the authors he represents down here in the dc area include dan pink, rick akndson and simon johnson. with all that said. i'm going to start off with a few remarks. tell you about the over view of where things are. we'll hear from each of the panelists. we're start off with the question that every publishers ask at every convention. how many people read their books on a kindle? how many people read their books on an ipad? how many people read pint books? okay. that's encouragerring. that's where we are in the publishing industry today. i've been around, you've seen a lot of changes nothing like the change that is going on now. at the end of 011, -- 2011 approximately 20% of sales from major trade houses were digital. that's from almost nothing two years ago. most of the houses think that digital account for 30% of the sales. that's the billion dollar question. -- i think it's unquestionably great time to be a reader. there's more books than ever before being published. there's easier ways to get them, for the most part, they're cheaper. that's one for the consumers. i also th
agency some of the authors he represents down here in the dc area include dan pink, rick akndson and simon johnson. with all that said. i'm going to start off with a few remarks. tell you about the over view of where things are. we'll hear from each of the panelists. we're start off with the question that every publishers ask at every convention. how many people read their books on a kindle? how many people read their books on an ipad? how many people read pint books? okay. that's...
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remember years ago the head of simon & schuster after i had published one of my books took me to dinner in new york city at one of these restaurants where you would never want to go where you have to pay. [laughter] and he said what's your next book going to be about in and i said, oh, well, i haven't decided. i'm going to do some thinking, some reading, some research. and he looked at me and said, what? i said, yeah, i want to do thinking, reading, reporting, weighing the alternatives, and he said why are you going to waste your time? [laughter] i said, well, that's what you try to do. and he said, no, no, no, you are one of our authors. i need to know right now, tonight, what your next book is going to be. i said this is, that's preposterous. he said, i need to know. now, he's one of these people who grinds on you, and you're at dipper alone no matter what would come up, he would bring the subject back to, oh, maybe you should do a book on that, what about this? he would just grind away. you may know people like this. [laughter] you may work for somebody like that. [laughter] even bet
remember years ago the head of simon & schuster after i had published one of my books took me to dinner in new york city at one of these restaurants where you would never want to go where you have to pay. [laughter] and he said what's your next book going to be about in and i said, oh, well, i haven't decided. i'm going to do some thinking, some reading, some research. and he looked at me and said, what? i said, yeah, i want to do thinking, reading, reporting, weighing the alternatives, and...
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that is a fair deduction of the content of the book although i have to give simon & schuster credit for doing the subtitle price think any dad got the main titled "fdr goes to war." >> my name is steve tisch george per car was thrown by the title of the book that the tax rates had reached prewar levels but the other instances, the rationing direction of production to win the war, the consequences of the expanding debt i am not sure any other president would not have ended up with the same focus after the two potion war. >> part of the premise is one of the reasons we wound up of the haitian the tuition more because rissole week during the 1930's and we have been for may shin in "fdr goes to war" fdr cut military spending during the 1930's and terms of the percentage of military spending in the federal budget. this was on top of the factoring there who were presidency military budgets were very low. the american military was incredibly weak and behind the rest of the world. we were 17 in terms of military strength and innovation. but as we shows through 40 in 41 through pearl harbor harb
that is a fair deduction of the content of the book although i have to give simon & schuster credit for doing the subtitle price think any dad got the main titled "fdr goes to war." >> my name is steve tisch george per car was thrown by the title of the book that the tax rates had reached prewar levels but the other instances, the rationing direction of production to win the war, the consequences of the expanding debt i am not sure any other president would not have ended up...
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langguth, also known as jack, published by simon and schuster. thank you. >> thank you very much for having me. >> before we get into the book i thought i would say a few words about media matters for those of you that are not familiar with it and we would like you to be familiar with it. the organization in 2004 to monitor and analyze and correct conservative misinformation in the media we are basically trying to solve two problems. one was the rise of explicitly right-wing media over the past 20 to 25 years. we all know what that is. places like the washington times, most of talk radio and force the fox news channel. and those media institutions were operating with total impunity and zero accountability. before media matters came along to shine the light on what was going on in those institutions. so that was half of the problem. the other half of the problem was the mainstream media and it was and continues to be under conservative attack from the organized right. the effect of that is that to avoid the liberal media bias the press all too oft
langguth, also known as jack, published by simon and schuster. thank you. >> thank you very much for having me. >> before we get into the book i thought i would say a few words about media matters for those of you that are not familiar with it and we would like you to be familiar with it. the organization in 2004 to monitor and analyze and correct conservative misinformation in the media we are basically trying to solve two problems. one was the rise of explicitly right-wing media...
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to the presidents and leaders and tell you exactly because of the luxury of time and my publisher, simon & schuster, i declined to get the meeting notes to get the exact detail to interview president obama and speaker boehner and the key players in this. i just want to take one quick snapshot from what happened that we didn't know about, which is critical. when the cops pull up less when the president was upset, he called the congressional leaders on a saturday morning at 11:00 o'clock a.m. the democratic and republican leaders were trying to work out their own deal. harry reid, the democratic leader, said to the president, mr. president, could you please leave the room? i have covered presidents for four years. i know of no other time where the president was asked the meeting in his own house that he had called. i asked the president about this. i said how did it feel to be voted off the island in your own house. because that is what happened. he said that he was not going to stand on protocol, that the problem needed to be solved. but in the next day, he called democratic leaders to th
to the presidents and leaders and tell you exactly because of the luxury of time and my publisher, simon & schuster, i declined to get the meeting notes to get the exact detail to interview president obama and speaker boehner and the key players in this. i just want to take one quick snapshot from what happened that we didn't know about, which is critical. when the cops pull up less when the president was upset, he called the congressional leaders on a saturday morning at 11:00 o'clock a.m....
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. >> paul simon. again, early on, what is that, november of 1987, and that's in his office, he was watching i think a tape of himself of a commercial for his campaign in the senate office, and that's the look he had with one of his office staff. again, being mess merized -- mess merized by the entire endeavor and this one was amazing. i followed him down to miami beach, because i had -- i wanted the candidates in palm trees, something that was interesting, taking them away from the snows in new hampshire, so i have found out that senator simon was going to be in miami, i arranged for the staff to go down there. this is a contributor's home, very wealthy individual, outside of miami, maybe in coconut grove and i set the meeting for 11:00 a.m., because i wanted to see him and his wife by the peel, palm trees, i hoped they would be. i showed up, it was partly cloudy day but very warm, 11:30 a.m., the house had a beautiful pool in back and the maid let's me in or somebody -- in fact, it wasn't a maid, i t
. >> paul simon. again, early on, what is that, november of 1987, and that's in his office, he was watching i think a tape of himself of a commercial for his campaign in the senate office, and that's the look he had with one of his office staff. again, being mess merized -- mess merized by the entire endeavor and this one was amazing. i followed him down to miami beach, because i had -- i wanted the candidates in palm trees, something that was interesting, taking them away from the snows...
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[applause] >> simon? >> welcome back. >> im simon johnson. thanks very much for allowing me and organizing another great conference. what could cause the next financial crisis? i have three things to say. first of all, i don't know. i don't know and nobody knows. i've worked on financial crises for 25 years and i was from 2007 to august of 2008 the chief economist of the international monetary fund which is just down the street. i attended a lot of interesting meetings with top officials and top sector people who know as much as can be known about the world's economy and financial system and they collectively and individually have no idea what was happening and what was going to happen in the timber of 2008. the second thing i would say is look around the world. the european situation gave a nice summary and much less sanguine about the political risks and the economic risks. i think ultimately italy will have to restructure its sovereign debt at 2 trillion euros outstanding debt and the consequence of that are effectively and noble -- unknow
[applause] >> simon? >> welcome back. >> im simon johnson. thanks very much for allowing me and organizing another great conference. what could cause the next financial crisis? i have three things to say. first of all, i don't know. i don't know and nobody knows. i've worked on financial crises for 25 years and i was from 2007 to august of 2008 the chief economist of the international monetary fund which is just down the street. i attended a lot of interesting meetings with...
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talking was reyna grande whose memoir is called "the distance between us" a memoir, published by sean -- simon & schuster. reyna grande tell us your life story. >> my life story? you mean the kerosene story? >> when you went to school and they did a sanitation check on you. >> oh, okay. yeah, when i came to -- in fifth grade one day than there showed up and the teacher said she is coming to inspect all the kids for lice. i was so shocked because i couldn't understand that happened in mexico because all of his head lice. we were all poor kids coming to school barefoot and dirty and we all head lice but in l.a. i didn't expect there to be lice and for a second there i thought maybe they cross the border illegally like i had. i got inspected and it turned out that i had lice. i was so afraid to go home and tell that to my dad because i didn't want him to think that i was still that dirty little girl he had left mine in mexico. i thought he was going to beat me as well because that was his favorite way of disciplining us. it turned out that my father was not angry at me and he didn't blame me and
talking was reyna grande whose memoir is called "the distance between us" a memoir, published by sean -- simon & schuster. reyna grande tell us your life story. >> my life story? you mean the kerosene story? >> when you went to school and they did a sanitation check on you. >> oh, okay. yeah, when i came to -- in fifth grade one day than there showed up and the teacher said she is coming to inspect all the kids for lice. i was so shocked because i couldn't...
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>> actually, that sub tittitle simon and schusters named the title but they deduced it from the book. anita talked about the war production board, the price controls, the rationing and all of this, the spiraling national debt, listen, the national debt doubled in the first year of roosevelt's presidency. then it increased sixfold during world war ii. so that when you have a at the end of world war ii is a national debt of $260 billion and the interest to pay that was about what the whole national debt was when roosevelt became president. in other words, we'd gone from having a national debt of 20 billion to having an interest rate of 20% on a national debt that was almost 300 billion. so what i'm suggesting is that national debt and the growth of that federal spending and the economic bill of rights which was -- roosevelt had hoped would perpetuate that into the future is a big part of the war and the civil liberties -- we haven't done as much with. the japanese americans, of course, most of you know were interned. we had roosevelt using wiretapping extensively. it's essential defense
>> actually, that sub tittitle simon and schusters named the title but they deduced it from the book. anita talked about the war production board, the price controls, the rationing and all of this, the spiraling national debt, listen, the national debt doubled in the first year of roosevelt's presidency. then it increased sixfold during world war ii. so that when you have a at the end of world war ii is a national debt of $260 billion and the interest to pay that was about what the whole...
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simon? >> i think it's going to be about jobs. this is the biggest loss of jobs come sustained loss of jobs since the 1930's. it's an incredible shock on the bank or financial crisis. and people want to know when are the jobs going to come back. if you are proposing the policy, for example, a particular approach to the budget, or if you are trying to abolish some part of dodd-frank, for example, is that going to give the jobs that or is that going to solve the problems for just around the corners of the two big to fail banks for example may blow up again and the damage the economy again. those are going to be the big issues. >> ben, wearing your strategist hat, the economy is recovering, but not, you know, it's not mocking anybody's socks off. so is this a plus for the republicans or is this a request for the democrats? how do you think it's going to play out? >> first wave of the economy is recovering regardless of what impact the election because i have two kids in college. let's say we want to see the economy recover i don't th
simon? >> i think it's going to be about jobs. this is the biggest loss of jobs come sustained loss of jobs since the 1930's. it's an incredible shock on the bank or financial crisis. and people want to know when are the jobs going to come back. if you are proposing the policy, for example, a particular approach to the budget, or if you are trying to abolish some part of dodd-frank, for example, is that going to give the jobs that or is that going to solve the problems for just around the...
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i have attended the number of these simon lectures myself. it's a honor to be here presenting some thoughts on october term 2007 a constitutional moment. as roger alluded to. i have the distinct pleasure of argue the challenge to the affordable care act on behalf of 26 states. the very fact that 26 states combined together in a challenge against the federal statute is rather remarkable development in the case itself was remarkable in almost every respect. i want to come off i want to talk about the case and the the court's decision in the case. certainly i'm under no delusion there is anything left to be said about the health care case it has been as analyzed as any case in recent memory and that's consistent with the entire case. this case, i mean, i have been in incredibly privileged to be involved in 60 supreme court cases i argued. others that i briefed, and this really no case that i can remember that captured the public attention quite the way that the health care case and the health care challenge if. i also think it's fair to say that
i have attended the number of these simon lectures myself. it's a honor to be here presenting some thoughts on october term 2007 a constitutional moment. as roger alluded to. i have the distinct pleasure of argue the challenge to the affordable care act on behalf of 26 states. the very fact that 26 states combined together in a challenge against the federal statute is rather remarkable development in the case itself was remarkable in almost every respect. i want to come off i want to talk about...
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i'll start by passing the microphone to craig simon. >> i think harold will be starting off. >> with all of our rehearsals -- [laughter] i'll start with the cronology and how we present the book. there's a conflict of views here that unites this panel because the "new york times," of course, covered all of the major figures of the civil war era including senator and later vice president andrew johnson. we have to set the stage by saying it's not the same "new york times" that we know and either love or hate today. the "new york times" now relishes the idea they just publish the news and all the news put to print. in the 1850 #s and 60 is printed all the news fit for electing republicans and supporting the union and later emancipation. this discussion requires a giant leap of historical imagination, something akin to the social media revolution that can start a real revolution. newspapers of the mid-19th century were busy fermenting passion and concern over major issues. they were specially on one side of the slavery issue or the other. plo-republican or pro-democratic. people measure
i'll start by passing the microphone to craig simon. >> i think harold will be starting off. >> with all of our rehearsals -- [laughter] i'll start with the cronology and how we present the book. there's a conflict of views here that unites this panel because the "new york times," of course, covered all of the major figures of the civil war era including senator and later vice president andrew johnson. we have to set the stage by saying it's not the same "new york...
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he has been with simon & shuster for a long time and we have a great working report but we have that rapport with all of our authors. >> host: will there be galleys to that? guest code there will not be galleys to that book. >> host: one book that did not have galleys julia prosser it you have been working on, david maraniss, barack obama, the story. what kind of fort. do with mr. marinus on that? >> guest: well, we work together to make sure the book is discussed in the light that really shows how enormous amount of work that went into it. marinus traveled the globe and sat down with over 300 people to get the real story and to find all the characters that really hedged obama's life and it's a generational story. it's a global story and so we want to share all of that. not just wet is excerpted. >> host: booktv did a special with that book as well, but so we worked with you quite a bit on this. what is it like setting up a publicity tour for an author of a book that sites? >> guest: it's funny this one is really change. sometime you think the plants are going to go in one direction
he has been with simon & shuster for a long time and we have a great working report but we have that rapport with all of our authors. >> host: will there be galleys to that? guest code there will not be galleys to that book. >> host: one book that did not have galleys julia prosser it you have been working on, david maraniss, barack obama, the story. what kind of fort. do with mr. marinus on that? >> guest: well, we work together to make sure the book is discussed in the...
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people go around it. >> simon company talked about monetary fiscal policy. their new book deals with that. you want to give this a short observation? was some interest in the united states on fiscal monetary policy? >> first of all, i would encourage everyone to read the work again on this issue. they have so won the papers if you don't have time, there's a great editorial opinion piece in "the wall street journal" in september 2009 called the blog that ate mandatory policy. they talk about how today to fill financial institution undercapitalized taking a risk, having big losses and operating and zombie formic monetary policy much more effective when you go into crisis. so while the mechanisms to work. it's a question of what will happen when undercover, assuming we do will recover. how that affect the ability of policy to control the economy and the ability or the impact of various changes in fiscal policy. on our fiscal cliff issues come i would say more like the distraction from the fiscal chaos will see after the election around these issues. what i woul
people go around it. >> simon company talked about monetary fiscal policy. their new book deals with that. you want to give this a short observation? was some interest in the united states on fiscal monetary policy? >> first of all, i would encourage everyone to read the work again on this issue. they have so won the papers if you don't have time, there's a great editorial opinion piece in "the wall street journal" in september 2009 called the blog that ate mandatory...
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simon -- [inaudible] who formulated this theory essentially said -- he didn't put it quite this way -- but he essentially said it was the mark of a civilized nation that incomes had become more equal. but as you can see, we started becoming uncivilized in 1979. here you see that the trend, the income share of the top 1% which has doubled since 1979 is growing faster the higher up the income scale you go. so it's really being driven by the richest of the rich. when i say income share, i mean the the percentage of the nation's collective income that is going to a particular slice of that income, in this case the top 1% or as the occupy wall street crowd have taught us to say, simply the 1%. now, during the recession between 2007 and 2009, you heard some commentary and even afterwards from some people saying, well, why is anybody talking about income inequality? the problem is over. we are seeing a reversal of the trend. the top 1% are losing income share. and, um, the answer was that recessions are always bad for the rich e people because they are -- the richest people because they are
simon -- [inaudible] who formulated this theory essentially said -- he didn't put it quite this way -- but he essentially said it was the mark of a civilized nation that incomes had become more equal. but as you can see, we started becoming uncivilized in 1979. here you see that the trend, the income share of the top 1% which has doubled since 1979 is growing faster the higher up the income scale you go. so it's really being driven by the richest of the rich. when i say income share, i mean the...
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that happened a couple of weeks before simon & schuster called me. i can remember watching it on television that night. it was on the evening news. i think that sometimes political careers are fated by the serendipity of timing. being there when this icon of the conservative movement happens to trip with the cameras rolling, it is just another example of how marco rubio is at the right place at the right time throughout his political career. he ran for the united states senate when nobody thought that he had any chance. but he really had the good fortune of running in the race. in politics, it is good to run in a three-person race because it splits the electorate. he became the conservative choice in florida. charlie crist had been the governor. very powerful. everyone thought that he was invincible. and he was running as a republican. but marco rubio was starting to make inroads and charlie crist dropout. there is a democrat african-american from northern florida. he was in the race, too. all three of them being there, they benefited marco rubio mar
that happened a couple of weeks before simon & schuster called me. i can remember watching it on television that night. it was on the evening news. i think that sometimes political careers are fated by the serendipity of timing. being there when this icon of the conservative movement happens to trip with the cameras rolling, it is just another example of how marco rubio is at the right place at the right time throughout his political career. he ran for the united states senate when nobody...
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[applause] published by simon [inaudible] an imprint of simon and shuster. a story of length of love and loss. patricia mccormick, "never fall down." [applause] published by [inaudible] harper colins. a harrowing and bravely told story of survival and resilience . elliot "endangered" [cheering and applause] published by scholastic books. a story of hope to love and em pa think that extends all boundaries. steve shinekin. [applause] the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon. published by flash point, an imprint of roaring book press. a rivetting thriller of a book that tells the birth of a new age. to all these writers, thank you. thank you for your work. and thank you for what it will mean to young readers in our nation. this year's national award for young people literature goes to william alexander. ♪ [applause] ♪ >> we are proof that alternate universe exists. there has to be endanger takes the film. there's one a little further away. it was written bay author, i think it won it both times. there's -- and just another step sideways
[applause] published by simon [inaudible] an imprint of simon and shuster. a story of length of love and loss. patricia mccormick, "never fall down." [applause] published by [inaudible] harper colins. a harrowing and bravely told story of survival and resilience . elliot "endangered" [cheering and applause] published by scholastic books. a story of hope to love and em pa think that extends all boundaries. steve shinekin. [applause] the race to build and steal the world's...
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then simon and schuster came to us and suggested we read a book and so that's how this book develops. >> i have to study was a really awarded next areas for me. i don't think we ever had one fight. we work very well together and i felt very privileged to have this prayer when no into those years and to be able to just kind of relive it with client. and so is really wonderful for me as well. so we started off the boat, we decided to start from the beginning when clint was first told he was going to be assigned to mrs. kennedy. president john f. kennedy had just been elected and it was november, 1960. clint was 28 years old. how did you feel when you're told you're going are going to be assigned to jacqueline kennedy? >> i was really disappointed. i was devastated because they been with president eisenhower. we've been all over the world and i have seen the relationship that first ladies had in the act dvds they participated in and i knew was either going to be fashion shows, tea parties, ballet school and i didn't want any part of that. i wanted to be where the action was, so i was ext
then simon and schuster came to us and suggested we read a book and so that's how this book develops. >> i have to study was a really awarded next areas for me. i don't think we ever had one fight. we work very well together and i felt very privileged to have this prayer when no into those years and to be able to just kind of relive it with client. and so is really wonderful for me as well. so we started off the boat, we decided to start from the beginning when clint was first told he was...
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the fresh bottles of dirt simon were cold. in his 32 years, sawyer had been a torch boy. in engine company have run embattled fire for broader quad under david broderick from the city's volunteer fire come any in first fire chief. so your circuits other engine house is an toiled as the steamboat engineer, flying the mexican feature a. twain, who held strong opinions on stever's perked up when sawyer mentioned he had worked as a steam vote engineer. the journalist cautioned any bold boy who trimmed of shipping as a steamer empire men. such a job he said knowingly as his little drawbacks. the boiling steam room pointed out the suffocating temperature of the furnace room, with engineer stan in a narrow space between two rows of furnaces, which by effect the fires of. he shoveled coal for four hours a stretch and i'm varying temperatures of 140 degrees fahrenheit. steamer, fireman do not live on average over five years. sawyer survived twice that long because he was a fireman in a recent to the word. extinguish fires and stoked fires to theory. he knew furnaces in every aspec
the fresh bottles of dirt simon were cold. in his 32 years, sawyer had been a torch boy. in engine company have run embattled fire for broader quad under david broderick from the city's volunteer fire come any in first fire chief. so your circuits other engine house is an toiled as the steamboat engineer, flying the mexican feature a. twain, who held strong opinions on stever's perked up when sawyer mentioned he had worked as a steam vote engineer. the journalist cautioned any bold boy who...
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then simon and schuster came to us and suggested we write a book and that is how this book got started. >> it was a rewarding experience for me. i don't think we ever had one fight. we worked very well together. i felt very privileged to have a window into those years and relived it with clint. it was wonderful for me as well. we started off the book and decided to start at the beginning when clint was first told that he was going to be assigned to mrs. kennedy. president kennedy had just been elected and it was november 1960. clint was 28 years old. how did you feel when you were told you were going to be assigned to jacqueline kennedy? >> i was really disappointed. i was devastated. i had been with president eisenhower. we had been all over the world. i had seen the relationship first ladies at and the activities they participated in and i knew it would be fashion shows and tea party and ballet schools and i didn't want any part of that. i wanted to be where the action was so i'm extremely disappointed and i said to mrs. kennedy after that election in 1960 at her residence in georget
then simon and schuster came to us and suggested we write a book and that is how this book got started. >> it was a rewarding experience for me. i don't think we ever had one fight. we worked very well together. i felt very privileged to have a window into those years and relived it with clint. it was wonderful for me as well. we started off the book and decided to start at the beginning when clint was first told that he was going to be assigned to mrs. kennedy. president kennedy had just...
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that have been a couple of weeks before simon & schuster called me. it was on the evening news. sometimes political careers are a did with the serendipity of timing. being there when this icon have been to trip with the camera rolling is another example of the right place at the right time throughout his career. he ran for the senate when nobody thought he had a chance that he could run in the three person race because it splits the electorate. marco rubio became the conservative choice. everyone thought he was invincible. but he started to make inroads with the democrats african-american and from northern it -- northern florida was in the race. because he could present himself as the most conservative voice as he was called the most liberal republican governor in the united states. when he ran as an independent all moderates were split to. rubio, through espousing their growth captured the race. in the end he won by a lot. >> i did not know the demand named mr. garcia, marco rubio said grandfather. i had never heard his name before. along of a discrepancy of coming after castro
that have been a couple of weeks before simon & schuster called me. it was on the evening news. sometimes political careers are a did with the serendipity of timing. being there when this icon have been to trip with the camera rolling is another example of the right place at the right time throughout his career. he ran for the senate when nobody thought he had a chance that he could run in the three person race because it splits the electorate. marco rubio became the conservative choice....
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steve simon said to you iran can not even access 60% of the its reserves. that's important but that gives america more of a chance to try to wait it out, to see, well maybe sanctions will bite because if you have more capability you can wait longer. if you're not a superpower and israel is not a superpower, you're very cognizant of the fact your capabilities are more fine fight and -- finite and therefore your window for action is tighter. you have a tighter timetable. you would love to wait it out but you're not sure you can. your window might shut and it is that asymmetry, a military power between israel, between the united states and israel that means these gaps are not closed. if, one word, you know, if you had to take away one word from this, one phrase from this talk the clocks are not synchronized and that is the concern because of this asymmetry and the military capability. now does israel's window close at the end of this year? we don't know. i tend to agree with aaron miller that there is no imminent attack. israel wants to see how the sanctions p
steve simon said to you iran can not even access 60% of the its reserves. that's important but that gives america more of a chance to try to wait it out, to see, well maybe sanctions will bite because if you have more capability you can wait longer. if you're not a superpower and israel is not a superpower, you're very cognizant of the fact your capabilities are more fine fight and -- finite and therefore your window for action is tighter. you have a tighter timetable. you would love to wait it...
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there have been zero felony convictions in that and i would also like to -- one of the things simon johnson coming to the panel, 13 bankers. speaking of policy choices he worked with arguing with larry summers and bob rubin and alan greenspan. wanted to release a concept paper about the problem that derivatives would cost the country. larry summers called her and said there are 13 bankers in my office telling me if you release this concept paper, you could cause the worst financial crisis since the great depression. concept paper is dangerous. unregulated derivatives market, not dangerous. this administration and pointing at democrats, all of these cadres of followers passed around new york. everybody listening -- this is bobby's fault. bobby ended glass-steagall and made $50 million. so i think we need to bring that story and bring it hard because that is a chunk of the problem we at and it is not that complicated of a story. >> one of the big problems we had with the white house is they had the notion -- 30 points on the board and win every legislative battle. if you advance a proposal, t
there have been zero felony convictions in that and i would also like to -- one of the things simon johnson coming to the panel, 13 bankers. speaking of policy choices he worked with arguing with larry summers and bob rubin and alan greenspan. wanted to release a concept paper about the problem that derivatives would cost the country. larry summers called her and said there are 13 bankers in my office telling me if you release this concept paper, you could cause the worst financial crisis since...
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three of the publishes harper collins and simon and shuster have agreed to settle. for a detailed article about the lawsuit, visit book tv.org. under news about books. and for breaking publishing news follow us on twitter at book tv. the pope has a very famous way of being determined to be dead. that's what the camera lingo which is a cardinal level post. and the pope hand picked this person. this person decided when the pope is dead, he gets him three times in the head with the silver hammer and calls out his bap advertise mall name three times. they get from the romans. even today, the pope isn't dead until the camera lingo says he's dead. tonight at 10:00 m ever changing brings of death and the business of organ harvesting is blurring that.
three of the publishes harper collins and simon and shuster have agreed to settle. for a detailed article about the lawsuit, visit book tv.org. under news about books. and for breaking publishing news follow us on twitter at book tv. the pope has a very famous way of being determined to be dead. that's what the camera lingo which is a cardinal level post. and the pope hand picked this person. this person decided when the pope is dead, he gets him three times in the head with the silver hammer...
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simon marash dedvukaj jason defazio david a. defeo monique asked the dejesus. donald arthur delapenha vito joseph deleo danielle anne delie andrea dellabella colleen ann deloughery joseph deluca. anthony demas francis albert demartini francis deming martin n. demeo kevin dennis carol k. demitz kevin dennis thomas f. dennis jean depalma jose depena robert john deraney and my grandfather, firefighter barbara james crawford, fpn y 51. grandpa come your name is etched in stone several times, the yuba nacht are hard and minds forever. we miss you, we love you and will never forget you. and like you always used to say, we got your back. god bless you and god bless america. >> and my uncle, john gerrard on hands and my cousin paul nimbly, we love you and miss you every day. michael derienzo edward desimone iii christian lewis to simoneaux edward desimone iii andrew desperito michael derienzo cindy ann deuel jerry devito robert p. devitt, jr. dennis lawrence devlin gerard dewan sulemanali kassamali dhanani michael louis diagostino matthew diaz nancy diaz michael a. dia
simon marash dedvukaj jason defazio david a. defeo monique asked the dejesus. donald arthur delapenha vito joseph deleo danielle anne delie andrea dellabella colleen ann deloughery joseph deluca. anthony demas francis albert demartini francis deming martin n. demeo kevin dennis carol k. demitz kevin dennis thomas f. dennis jean depalma jose depena robert john deraney and my grandfather, firefighter barbara james crawford, fpn y 51. grandpa come your name is etched in stone several times, the...
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the next day, ben bradlee and howard simons, they are both saying the same thing, which is the biography that janet cooke gave us for her pulitzer package doesn't match the bioon file. then you write them. don graham knew at the same thing. it took janet a couple of days. about 36 hours or so. what happened next is the reason i'm telling you the story. a massive fraud have been perpetrated on the "washington post." and on the post's public. what do you do? what you do? if you are ben bradlee. ben had been part of what kay graham was pushing, something we are all familiar with now. he said everybody at the paper is going to cooperate with this inquiry. there's not going to be one sordid facts about this falsehood that we are not going to get first. when people asked him about that at the time, and when i asked him about it, what he says he learned a lesson at watergate. the lesson of watergate is that it is not always a crime that gets you in that much trouble. it's what you do after. what then did afterwards, with john grahams complete participation, he wrote a piece for the sunday paper
the next day, ben bradlee and howard simons, they are both saying the same thing, which is the biography that janet cooke gave us for her pulitzer package doesn't match the bioon file. then you write them. don graham knew at the same thing. it took janet a couple of days. about 36 hours or so. what happened next is the reason i'm telling you the story. a massive fraud have been perpetrated on the "washington post." and on the post's public. what do you do? what you do? if you are ben...
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simon johnson was kind enough to suggest that i would be a worthy successor to mary schapiro. but my greatest professional license would be to have a strong impact. and i would do it in a heartbeat. that being said, while i appreciate -- greatly appreciate this, i don't think it is incredibly likely i will be getting this going forward. >> host: susan from fort lauderdale. you are on again with neil barofsky. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like you to name names. who are these criminals. how can we get them into prison? >> guest: i think unfortunately we are running out of time. you know, there is a five-year statute of limitations for most of the activity that would've left the financial crisis. it is now late 2012, which means that any criminal conduct that occurred before november 2007, it is now barred by the statute of limitations. unfortunately we have run out of time to bring those types of cases are a of course, i can't say this person is a criminal. i would get sued for that. you look at some of the investigations and the information that came out of
simon johnson was kind enough to suggest that i would be a worthy successor to mary schapiro. but my greatest professional license would be to have a strong impact. and i would do it in a heartbeat. that being said, while i appreciate -- greatly appreciate this, i don't think it is incredibly likely i will be getting this going forward. >> host: susan from fort lauderdale. you are on again with neil barofsky. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like you to name names....
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simon johnson and james smith talk about their book as well. >> thank you, i am glad to be back in washington dc. as i mentioned, i did my theological studies in this wonderful town. i try never to stay too long when i'm here, because i am afraid you can get something that you can't get rid of. power does tend to corrupt, and absolute power does corrupt in many ways. yet, i am so happy to be here, especially here at the catholic information center, which is the hub of all kinds of good things and it is an honor to be here. i am going to speak to you in a way, perhaps, a lot of people in washington dc do not speak. i'm going to speak in moral terms. you can ask me about policy issues and if i happen to have read about it or thought about it, i will be happy to offer you an answer. what i am trying to do in defending the free market is precisely what the subtitle says. to offer a moral case for the free economy. in order to offer a moral case for the free economy, i need to tell it to you through the lens of my own experience. this is what i tend to do in the book. i go back and forth from anti
simon johnson and james smith talk about their book as well. >> thank you, i am glad to be back in washington dc. as i mentioned, i did my theological studies in this wonderful town. i try never to stay too long when i'm here, because i am afraid you can get something that you can't get rid of. power does tend to corrupt, and absolute power does corrupt in many ways. yet, i am so happy to be here, especially here at the catholic information center, which is the hub of all kinds of good...
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so i want to thank lieutenant governor sheila simon for doing an outstanding job on her community colleges report. having visited all of illinois' 48 community colleges, sheila has proposed many good reforms that need to be implemented in the coming year. sheila and i have a mission in illinois by 2025, we want at least 60% of adults in our state to have a college degree, an associate degree or a career certificate. right now, we're at 43% - better than the national average, but not good enough. if we want 60% of illinois adults to have a meaningful career certificate or degree by 2025, we must invest in our students from birth to higher education. that starts with investing more dollars in early childhood education. [applause] learning begins at birth and those first years of a child's life are the most important. our youngest and most vulnerable citizens need our strongest support. research has shown that without an early learning foundation, children fall behind in school. illinois, we can't leave our youngest behind. that's why i'm calling for a major investment in early childhood educ
so i want to thank lieutenant governor sheila simon for doing an outstanding job on her community colleges report. having visited all of illinois' 48 community colleges, sheila has proposed many good reforms that need to be implemented in the coming year. sheila and i have a mission in illinois by 2025, we want at least 60% of adults in our state to have a college degree, an associate degree or a career certificate. right now, we're at 43% - better than the national average, but not good...
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a memoir simon and shuster title. you're watching booktv on c-span2. >>> tell us what you think about the programming this weekend. you can tweet us at booktv. comment on the facebook wall, or send us an e-mail. booktv, non-fiction bocks every day weekend on c-span2. >>> joseph recounts the life of union philip -- robert e lee. the author recalls the military tactic and the postwar career which included command of the u.s. army. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> i want to thank coral ridge boobs for inviting me back and all the people to come out and hear about general fill sheraton of the try -- civilling war he was probably the least known of them. the other being grant and william sherman. in 1937, the three generals appeared together on a commemorative postage stamp, as part of a series honoring great u.s. military commanders. in the center grant to the right is sherman, and sheraton on grant's left. this is a appropriate because by the time civil war ended, sheraton was sometimes referred to as the left-hand o
a memoir simon and shuster title. you're watching booktv on c-span2. >>> tell us what you think about the programming this weekend. you can tweet us at booktv. comment on the facebook wall, or send us an e-mail. booktv, non-fiction bocks every day weekend on c-span2. >>> joseph recounts the life of union philip -- robert e lee. the author recalls the military tactic and the postwar career which included command of the u.s. army. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> i...
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simon johnson was kind enough to suggest that i would be a worthy successor to mary schapiro, but, you know, i have done public-service. my greatest professional life was serving the government. if i was ever asked to serve again that position or act on it could really have a strong impact for positive change, i would do it in a heartbeat. with that said, and while i appreciate, greatly appreciate the suggestion and others to china and on behalf of this, i don't think it is incredibly lightly and will begin to nod. if asked, of course i would serve again. >> host: good afternoon. >> caller: thank you so much for taking my call. i would like you to name names. who are these criminals and how can we get them into prison? >> guest: well, unfortunately, we are running at a time. there is a five-year statute of limitations for most of the activity that would have led up to the financial crisis, so it is now late 2012, which means that anything, any criminal conduct that occurred before november 2007 is now barred by the statute of limitations. i think that fortunately we have run and the ti
simon johnson was kind enough to suggest that i would be a worthy successor to mary schapiro, but, you know, i have done public-service. my greatest professional life was serving the government. if i was ever asked to serve again that position or act on it could really have a strong impact for positive change, i would do it in a heartbeat. with that said, and while i appreciate, greatly appreciate the suggestion and others to china and on behalf of this, i don't think it is incredibly lightly...
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matt's stewardship of the simon center for american studies here has been stellar, and it's heritage now speaks out on a variety of philosophical as well as practical questions of the day in a way that has changed the conversation in washington. it's also always an honor for me to be here in this, in the house that ed built, ed fulner, one of the great figures of modern conservatism, and he really built this place. he did build it. from nothing. and into the great empire that it is today, and i also would send greetings to the other ed, ed meiss, one of the most effective attorneys general of the united states, and many, many years, and who courageously launched, really, the whole movement for originalism in constitutional law. well, i'm here to say something about the argument of the book which is, as you can have heard is "i am the change," and the title is meant to bring out president obama's lou the 14th side. he said, "i am the state," and mr. obama came close to saying in a press conference to saying "i am the change." the title was a suggestion of my editor and publisher. i ha
matt's stewardship of the simon center for american studies here has been stellar, and it's heritage now speaks out on a variety of philosophical as well as practical questions of the day in a way that has changed the conversation in washington. it's also always an honor for me to be here in this, in the house that ed built, ed fulner, one of the great figures of modern conservatism, and he really built this place. he did build it. from nothing. and into the great empire that it is today, and i...
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and, finally, i want to thank simon of oxford who has been the major organizer of this evening. and i shall remind you that books by other panelists will be available following tonight's event. now, for this evening we raised several issues with our participants. we thought of the continuing problems of the euro, and the tightrope being walked in greece, as we speak. and the question of how the euro itself welfare as a common currency, without a european treasury or a stronger constitution. we thought, secondly, of a shaky situation of the united states since the recession. and how it's problems of high unemployment and tightening income will be affected by our political situation here, as well as the crisis in the eurozone. third, we raised the question of the chinese economy, which has functioned as an engine of global economic growth in recent years. how would it respond if its chief export markets in europe and the u.s. remain weak? finally, hovering over all these issues is a question of global warming, and how measures to do with it are possibly, be integrated with the oth
and, finally, i want to thank simon of oxford who has been the major organizer of this evening. and i shall remind you that books by other panelists will be available following tonight's event. now, for this evening we raised several issues with our participants. we thought of the continuing problems of the euro, and the tightrope being walked in greece, as we speak. and the question of how the euro itself welfare as a common currency, without a european treasury or a stronger constitution. we...
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first of all, mainly for simon to pick up on the europe question, if you were an adviser to party the radical left win the next round of elections in june, what would you advise them in terms of how to negotiate with the imf and the european central bank, the european commissioner, whoever in this period leading up to the election, and what would you be advising them as what they should be prepared to do let's say if those negotiations don't lead to a change in the memorandum? and then for both of you, you're all talking -- we're here talking about the deficit, people like paul krugman are saying, you know, we really ought to have a stimulus. we really desperately still need a stimulus. shouldn't we be talking about how we could get a proper stimulus? >> okay. so the question in two parts. first of all, i've just been appointed an adviser to the party of the radical left in greece. i think it was for sins in a priest life. [laughter] previous life. and can secondly, shouldn't we be talking about stimulus first in the -- first and foremost in the united states. so i'll take a cut at bo
first of all, mainly for simon to pick up on the europe question, if you were an adviser to party the radical left win the next round of elections in june, what would you advise them in terms of how to negotiate with the imf and the european central bank, the european commissioner, whoever in this period leading up to the election, and what would you be advising them as what they should be prepared to do let's say if those negotiations don't lead to a change in the memorandum? and then for both...